• 9-months fixed term role with a possibility to go permanent
• Full-time, 35 hours per week post
• Normally based at CMS House, Oxford. However currently CMS employees are working from home following government guidance, and will continue to do so until the government advises office working.
• Starting salary £24,425 and generous pension contribution: up to 15 per cent employer contribution on annual salary
• As an equal opportunities’ employer, we particularly welcome applications from individuals from minority groups as they are currently underrepresented within our organisation. All appointments are made on merit of skill, experience and potential as laid down in the job description and person specification.

Do you have a gift of administration with an eye for details? If so, please consider this exciting fixed term role in the Fundraising for Mission team as Supporter Care Assistant. The Church Relations Team is responsible for engaging the UK church in the cause of mission, increasing awareness and understanding of mission, and facilitating fruitful partnership through fostering and developing relationships. 

This role will play a key part in the running of the department and promoting the fundraising function across Church Mission Society. There are three main elements to this role: data processing; supporter care; and team support, as such the post holder will work closely cross-team to assist with the day to day handling of data processing and queries, gift acknowledgement, event administration, and maintaining donor relationships.

It is essential that the successful candidate be educated to at least GCSE level, possess at least one year’s data entry experience, and have excellent customer care skills. It is also a requirement for this post holder to be in sympathy with the aims and values of CMS, which are detailed on the CMS website.

Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications:

Midnight on Sunday 3 January 2021

Interviews will be held on the 14th or 15th January 2021at CMS House, Oxford or Zoom depending on government guidance.

Candidates for this role must already be eligible to work in the UK, with a valid visa and work permit if required.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 10hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within 1 hours commuting distance of central Birmingham

NWR is a membership organisation for women started in 1960 to provide women with intellectually stimulating activities.
We currently have 4 membership vacancies:

A Communications Co-ordinator (Based in Buntingford, Herts)
We are searching for a self-sufficient, proactive and creative person with experience in communications, PR and marketing to oversee our internal and external communications. 

Two Regional Membership Officers (One based in Buntingford, Herts and one Home-Based in the South West Region)
Are you an energetic, dynamic people-person who is also self-sufficient, proactive and creative? You might be who we are searching for! If you also have experience in supporting volunteers, members or similar then please do apply.

A Membership Assistant (Based in Buntingford, Herts)
We are searching for an organised, self-sufficient, and reliable person to support our administrative and membership operations.

Personal Assistant to the CEO & Managing Director (Maternity Cover)

Reports to: Line managed by CEO but also reports to MD

Location: Flexible, UK-based

Contract:  Fixed term – 9 months (with possible extension)

Salary: £32,542 - £33,518 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)

 + 5%  pension

Hours:  35 hours per week

The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is looking for a Personal Assistant to support the Chief Executive and Managing Director for a fixed term period of 9 months.

The purpose of this role is to provide the CE & MD with the relevant administrative and secretarial support to ensure effective management of the organisation. You will be booking meetings, responding to emails, coordinating diaries and supporting relationship management with funders, policy makers and partners. You will also be responsible for supporting the CE and MD with their internal responsibilities.

School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is a charity that supports people using entrepreneurial approaches to tackle complex social problems. We run practical learning programmes and courses to support people from all backgrounds to realise their potential and bring about lasting social and environmental change.

This role will suit you if you are highly organised, enjoy working in a support role, are a friendly and clear communicator, and have a keen attention to detail.

Our commitment to inclusion

Diversity is a fact of life. Inclusion is a choice and a practice – for organisations and individuals. At the School for Social Entrepreneurs, our aim is to drive inclusion into every area and activity of what we do: from access to programmes, to grant investment, to board, staff and partnerships.

However you identify, we would like to hear from you. In our commitment to continue to diversify our teams, freelance staff and programmes, we are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as: being from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds; LGBTQ+; and those with disabilities.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during our recruitment processes, including assistance with reading this page or documents linked to below, please contact us details on the job pack.

For full details about the role, including the Job Description and Person Specification, please see details in the enclosed application pack.

Closing date: midday on Friday 4th December 2020

Myeloma UK is the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with the blood cancer myeloma and related conditions. We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future. We are now looking to appoint a PA for our CEO.

To realise our long-term ambition to make myeloma history, we relentlessly pursue better outcomes for myeloma patients and patients with related conditions through a comprehensive early diagnosis programme, a unique research portfolio, our treatment access strategy, information and support services, and healthcare improvement services.

As PA to our CEO, you will provide effective executive and administrative support and carry out a broad range of administrative tasks for the Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team.  These will include diary management, travel booking and itineraries, organising and minuting meetings and preparing reports and presentations. 

You will also undertake Board secretarial duties and be responsible for arranging and co-ordinating Board meetings and the annual Board retreat. 

As first point of contact for the CEO, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as first class administrative/secretarial skills.  You will have previous experience providing support at executive level, and a flexible ‘can do’ approach.  Experience in minute taking is an essential requirement for this role.

If you think you would be a great fit for this role, please send us your CV and supporting statement.The closing date for applications is 7 December 2020.  First interviews will be held virtually on 11 December, with second stage interviews on 16 December.

Personal Assistant to Director of Recognition, Brand & Activation and Director of Income

Versus Arthritis are looking for a passionate, proactive Personal Assistant to support the Personal Assistant to Director of Recognition, Brand & Activation and Director of Income. This is a high-profile role and offers the opportunity to play an integral part in helping to deliver the charities ambitions through a high performing and engaged workforce.

About the role

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week) would consider jobshare or part time (2 roles at 17.5 hours per week each)

Our organisational leadership team (OLT) are collectively responsible for inspiring, motivating and leading our people to deliver against our strategy and priorities. They are expected to be leaders for Versus Arthritis first and their areas of expertise second. They have responsibility for organisational planning, resourcing and delivery based on the input and recommendations of expert leaders from across the charity.

The Personal Assistant to Director of Recognition, Brand & Activation and Director of Income enables this by supporting the directors to ensure optimal use of their time.

Key requirements

In addition to an approach that supports our values and behaviours, this role will require the following knowledge, skills and experience:

• Proven experience of success as a senior administrator, Personal Assistant, or similar role
• High quality verbal and written communication skills required to present information in a clear and accessible way
• Ability to distil meeting discussions into succinct notes of the key discussion points, decisions actions and points for onward communication.
• Able to work independently to deadlines with minimal supervision.
• A proactive and conscientious approach with good attention to detail.
• Ability to handle a range of tasks, including processing information from a wide range of sources and managing changing and competing priorities.
• Strong MS Office 365 skills (Outlook, Word and PowerPoint in particular).

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a completed supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification (available at https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-us/work-for-us/our-current-vacancies/)
3. please include where you've seen this role advertised

Email your completed application by midnight on Sunday 6th December 2020

Interviews

First interviews expected: between 11th -18th December 2020

A fantastic opportunity for a proactive and experienced PA to CEO, to join a wonderful health charity, based in West London.

As the PA to the CEO your role will be to provide outstanding and proactive personal assistance and secretarial support to the CEO, the board of trustees and senior leadership team.

Please note: currently this role requires you to work in the office 3 days and 2 days from home.

As the PA to the CEO your key responsibilities will be to:

• Manage the CEO's correspondence, maintaining and managing the diary and arranging meetings.
• Prepare and amend correspondence, agenda, papers, reports, etc, as necessary.
• Responsible for travel arrangements and expenses, appointments, and meetings.
• Provide secretarial support to the board of trustees, as necessary
• Take minutes of various meetings, including senior leadership team meetings.
• Coordinate and support cross-organisational project working groups and initiatives.

Our client is looking for an experienced PA who has worked at senior management level, is proactive with a 'can-do' approach and who is used to working in a busy and diverse role. You will have proven experience of:

• Working as a PA at senior management level, ideally in a CEO role.
• Extremely organised with excellent secretarial and administrative skills.
• An ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues across an international group
• Experienced in taking minutes at meetings.

Experience working within a medical or healthcare sector, would be advantageous

PA and Office Manager - 6-month contract role

I am delighted to be working with a national service improvement charity, who's focus is improving those who are in contact with the criminal justice system, through research, policy and campaigning work.

They have an opening in the senior team for a PA and Office Manager, they are a small charity so seeking an individual who has a plethora of senior administrative experience, who is able to be a solid point of reference for all staff in the charity. This role is for an initial 6-month period to support the newly appointed CEO, starting ASAP on a remote basis in the first instance, with a need once Covid-19 restrictions lift to work in the London office.

You will be organised and efficient, with excellent attention to detail, able to quickly pick up new systems and procedures, and to prioritise and juggle competing priorities and requests. Although able to work with substantial independence and initiative, you will be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills, dealing proactively and confidently with a range of people, tasks and situations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious person to work as a key member of a small but fast-paced, delivery-oriented team.

JOB OBJECTIVES

The key objectives of this post are:

• To provide personal administrative support to the Chief Executive
• To organise and manage office systems, provide administrative support across the team.
• Responsibility for organisational financial processes
• Co-ordinating cross organisational project management, including; capacity planning, milestones and convening project initiation meetings.
• Line management and supervision of Team Administrator Assistant.

EXPERIENCE

The post holder will be able to demonstrate successful experience in the following areas:

• PA/executive assistant work
• Finance processes

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND ROLE REQUIREMENTS

The post holder will be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the drafting of correspondence and minute-taking
• High level of numeracy and either previous experience of or ability to learn book-keeping
• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and the ability to learn new systems and applications
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills: ability to prioritise, plan and organise work in a busy environment
• Flexibility and adaptability to juggle a range of tasks
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, from vulnerable adults facing a range of different problems to Ministerial offices
• Ability to work independently and constructively as part of a small team
• Discretion and an understanding of confidentiality issues
• Honesty and reliability
• An interest in the issues faced by people who have expressed multiple disadvantage/exclusion.

The post holder may also be able to demonstrate

• Knowledge or experience of Quick Books accounting software and/or book-keeping
• Knowledge of the issues involved in working with people facing severe exclusion.
• Knowledge of experience of Salesforce CRM system

Role: Office Manager and PA

Location: Remote currently, offices based in Elephant and Castle, once restrictions allow

Employment Type: 6-month contract

Salary/rate: £28-32k pa

Working hours: 35pw

Ref: 74147PMR

CLOSING DATE: Friday 27th Nov at 10am

JOB TITLE: Development assistant

SALARY: £22,177 – £26,091 (depending on experience)

HOURS: 37.5 hours a week

At Moorfields Eye Charity, we believe that we can help bring new treatments to patients and people with eye diseases faster than ever before. By raising funds for the crucial research, education and patient care at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its academic partner, the University College London (UCL) we are able to help ensure that they remain at the forefront of ophthalmic care and research.

Moorfields Eye Charity is in the early stages of a campaign, in partnership with UCL, to raise £100m to support the creation of a state-of-the-art integrated treatment, research and education centre in central London for Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

We are seeking a Development assistant to work closely with the Director of development and fundraising teams to support delivery of the charity’s ambitious fundraising programme.  This will include general administrative support for the Director of development alongside wider support and discrete project management responsibilities to the benefit of the charity’s major gift and legacy fundraising programmes.

With an interest in fundraising and knowledge of the voluntary sector you will have excellent organisational skills and be confident in your ability to work across a range of internal and external audiences.  You will have excellent relationship building skills with a strong commitment to supporting delivery of the highest level of donor engagement and care.

With the chance to be involved in an exciting and ambitious campaign this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team, with a strong focus on collaboration and working towards a shared goal. This position would suit a positive, proactive and ambitious individual looking for a role where they can make a difference.

To apply for this role, please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than two A4 pages to Rachel Jones, Director of development by 5pm on Wednesday 16 December.  No online applications will be accepted.

Interviews will be held on Monday 21 December.

This is an exciting role that will look to provide financial management and strategic oversight to help ensure that Africa’s largest English literacy project continues to deliver success and transform the lives of millions of children.  The primary role of the Finance and Admin Manager is to maintain all finance systems and processes for the UK, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa companies.  Working with diverse teams across all countries, this is a unique role that requires high levels of cross-cultural collaboration, understanding of different international, financial and legal requirements and a flexible approach to working.

To date, Universal Learning Solutions has trained over 100,000 Primary Teachers and has reached over 10 million children. As a core member of the Senior Management Team, this role will be essential in managing and enabling our growth to train thousands more teachers and increase literacy rates across our programmes. 

Mission

Universal Learning Solutions is a not-for-profit organisation that works with government, educators, donors and experts around the world to provide bespoke services that deliver innovative literacy solutions.

Our work enables and enthuses teachers to deliver high quality literacy tuition and builds the institutional capacity of partners through knowledge and skills transfer. This gives children of all abilities the skills needed to read and write and helps governments meet their global education targets.

Vision

Our vision is of a world where all children can read and write with confidence and enjoy their right to learn. Through this we believe we can help release a child’s infinite potential.

Specific Responsibilities

The Finance and Admin Manager will be responsible for the oversight of the finances across all our country programmes. Reporting to the CEO, the Finance and Admin Manager will advise on financial strategy and ensure that financial procedures and systems are adhered to throughout the organisation. With support from the Finance Assistant, the Manager will also oversee all data entry, reconciling and reporting using both Sage Line 50 and excel.

Specific responsibilities will include:

Finance:

• Manage the UK, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya accounts in line with existing policies and procedures.
• File UK VAT returns.
• Submit monthly management accounts reports to the Management team for the UK and quarterly reports for Nigeria.
• Making international payments using both STRIPE and online services.
• Verifying travel expense claims and payments.
• Manage the UK cashflow, ensuring the international transfers are completed and forecasted.
• Prepare the UK budget and Nigeria HQ budget with Directors.
• Oversee the monthly project management budget sheets.
• Prepare and file the UK annual accounts with HMRC and Companies House.
• Prepare the Nigerian Annual Accounts with the external auditor.
• Prepare the Kenyan Accounts with the external auditor
• Prepare the South African annual accounts ready to file with CIPC.
• Online SARS filing for South African taxes.
• Attend Senior Management Team meetings and input into annual strategic planning.
• Advise directors and managers on tax requirements across our country programmes.
• Prepare and chase invoices as and when required.

HR & Payroll:

• Processing the monthly payroll for the UK using the RTI software with the Finance Assistant.
• Ensuring all HMRC payments and requirements are met.
• Approving monthly Nigerian payroll.
• Work closely with the Nigerian Finance & Admin Manager to file the monthly PAYE with FIRS.
• Completing and uploading the monthly pension schedule.
• Issuing of salary sacrifice letters to relevant staff members.
• Prepare and submit furlough payments and ensure that correct procedures are adhered to, based on government guidance.

Staff Supervision and Management:

• Oversee the Finance and Admin Assistants in Nigeria.
• Manage the UK Finance Assistant.

Personal Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong teamwork and financial skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with deadlines.
• Good analytical and reporting skills.
• Strong ability, to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks – Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel and Sage.
• Accurate and thorough in work.
• Good collaboration with colleagues inside and outside finance.
• Analysis of financial data.
• Knowledge of project management and project cycles.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

We will require candidates to be qualified in the majority of points below from both the ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’ criteria:

Essential:

• Recognised accounting qualification.
• Minimum of 4+ years’ experience within an accounting role.
• Working knowledge of accounting software and excel.
• Experience of managing a diverse workload.
• Experience of managing and processing payroll.
• Positive working ethos and personal values in line with those of the organisation.
• Experience of working at a strategic level.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in approach to work.

To be successful as a member of the Universal Learning Solutions team you will also:

• Have a passion for Universal Learning Solutions’ mission and a strong desire to work for a not-for-profit organisation to bring about positive social change.
• Adhere to Universal Learning Solutions’ core values including family, humility, quality and flexibility.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of pension systems.
• Willingness to travel overseas.
• Experience of managing staff, particularly overseas.
• Experience working with international non-governmental organisations, preferably in the field of education / literacy in the developing world.

Additional Information

Hours: Flexible hours. 1-2 days per week until April then 3-4 days a week after

Location: Based in our Lancaster office with the possibility of travel to Valencia and Nigeria.

To apply please send CV and covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role by 7th December. Interviews will be held in our Lancaster office the following week. We will adhere to social distancing guidelines within the interview and all surfaces will be sanitised between interviews. 

Project Cataloguing Assistants

3 month Fixed Term Contract (possibility of extension)

£21,305 per annum pro rata

London SW1

Founded in 1841, The London Library is one of the world's leading literary institutions with an outstanding collection of books and resources. We are a registered charity dedicated to the advancement of education, learning and knowledge. We are now building a team to assist with the completion of our retrospective cataloguing project that will open-up a greater portion of our collection to members.

Your role will be to transfer older catalogues onto our Library Management System (ALMA) which will include listing records onto spreadsheets, checking and editing records as well as creating new ones where required. You will also help members with catalogue and book enquiries as needed and ensure that book stacks are kept in good order.

With some prior library experience, you will need to be good with people, organised, used to working to tight deadlines and have a keen attention to detail. You will have good GCSE passes including Maths and English and be proficient with MSOffice. Relevant online cataloguing experience would be an advantage.

For more information and to apply please visit our website via the link.  Closing date:  Sunday 13 December 2020.  Interviews will be conducted via Zoom between the 5th and 21st of January 2021.

This role sits within our Communications and Public Affairs team and is responsible for working with the team to develop and run our social media channels.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. We’re the UK’s cervical charity and our vision is a future where cervical cancer is a disease of the past, you’ll play a key role in helping us get there.

This role will bring new ideas and creativity to help us start conversations, increase engagement and reach new audiences. Adhering to our tone and brand, you will work with the team to plan, create and schedule social media content. The role involves working closely with teams across the charity, especially Fundraising, to come up with innovative ways of supporting their activities and develop the social media element of projects and campaigns.

We’re looking for a creative individual who can work with design and film programmes to produce high quality content. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.

As the role involves working closely with women affected by cervical cancer, helping to tell their stories, a high degree of empathy and sensitivity is required.

Reporting on our activity and suggesting ways to improve is an important part of this role, this includes with paid advertising helping to achieve objectives through developing campaigns and setting targets.

You will help monitor our social media channels to respond to questions and identify new opportunities for the charity. This includes occasional out of hours activity.

From time to time you may be required to work on ad hoc tasks to support other members of the team.

This is a part time role and there is some flexibility on when hours are worked.

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter to Kate Sanger, Head of Communication and Public Affairs. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for application:  5pm on the 29th November 2020

Interview date:  Friday 4th December 2020

SOS Children's Villages UK is going through an exciting period of growth, as part of which we are strengthening our programme funding team.

Reporting to the Head of Programme Funding, the Grant Fundraising Manager will secure charitable income from grant making organisations and support applications to statutory and lottery funding, prioritising restricted funds and projects with the greatest need, while ensuring unrestricted funding opportunities are maximised. With a passion and creativity for developing high quality grant applications and reports, you will be responsible for research to ensure a regular and reliable pipeline of new prospects, developing grant proposals and reports, whilst also leveraging existing relationships.

The SOS Children's Villages UK offices are in Cambridge but this role can be largely home-based with travel to Cambridge, London and partners as required. Everyone is currently working from home as per government guidelines.

Please see the attached job description for further information about our Grant Fundraising Manager role, how to apply and employee benefits (including a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory pension scheme and a Training & Development Policy) 

Applicants must be UK based (as must be able to travel if required as mentioned above), have the right to work in the UK and be able to produce the relevant valid documentation.

We will be unable to consider applications that do not have a cover letter.

Job title: Policy Associate 
Location: London with occasional travel (currently we are working from home)
Role:  Permanent, 36.5 hours a week
Salary: Grade D £27,045 plus £4,000 London weighting (FTE)

• Do you have a passion for healthcare and the NHS?
• Are you a problem solver with analytical skills? 
• If this sounds like you, please keep reading...

We are looking for a self-starter to join the Membership and Policy team, the post-holder will:

• Have strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Be able to write strong member communications and policy products
• Be capable to develop collaborative and conducive relationships with colleagues, members and wider external stakeholders and peers
• Be proactive, responsive and able to manage different portfolios of work confidently
• Not be afraid to challenge, be inquisitive and navigate a membership body that covers the complexity of the English NHS

The Role 

This role will support the policy team at NHS Confederation, and the organisation’s delivery of our policy and influencing activities. This will include:

• Updating key records and undertaking some administrative tasks for the team as requested by the Assistant Director of Policy and the Director of Policy and Membership
• Analysing Government statistics to understand NHS and wider performance, including on COVID-19-related activities
• Gaining and capturing member intelligence for policy development, such as taking notes in webinars and meetings, or constructing surveys to gain intelligence 
• Working closely with the membership and insight team in obtaining and analysing data
• Working closely with the communications and public affairs team to help respond to reactive, on the day media requests and announcements, and to action the publication of team policy products 
• Lead in writing member facing communications, such as member briefings and blogs on key topics 
• Providing support for our offer to Provider members and our Provider Offer 
• Providing additional capacity for parts of our thematic offer, under the direction of Senior Policy Advisers 
• Attending internal meetings and events
• Engaging with stakeholders, such as Royal Colleges, Think-Tanks, and officials from the Department from Health and Social Care and NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Keeping a CRM system and other databases up to date
• Using Social Media as a communication tool

The Organisation

You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave, pension scheme, flexible working, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of the NHS Confederation and we are actively seeking to increase diversity in our workforce through a process that is fair, open, consistent, and free from discrimination. We welcome all applications from all backgrounds and encourage applications from our BAME communities, our LGBTQ+ communities and from individuals who identify as being disabled, as well as all other protected characteristics. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive company culture where all employees feel valued, respected, and acknowledged.

The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly to respond to changing circumstances and we want to ensure we do as much as possible to help support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.
The NHS Confederation is a membership body that brings together and speaks on behalf of all organisation’s that plan, commission, oversee and provide NHS services with our members drawn from every part of the health and care system. At the NHS Confederation we are passionate about our values (voice, openness, integrity, challenge, empowerment and respect). These are supported by a set of behaviours that demonstrate the attitudes and approach we take to work.

How to apply

To apply please read the job description and complete the application form found on our website.

Application deadline: Sunday 6th December 2020 (midnight)
Interview date: 16th and 17th December 2020